Directive 96/22/EC: Banned the use of certain substances in food producing animals
Directive 96/23/EC: Established a framework for residue monitoring in animals and animal products
Directive 2001/82/EC: Established the rules for the authorisation and use of veterinary medicinal products
Regulation (EC) No 396/2005: Established maximum residue levels for pesticides in food
Commission Directive 2005/34/EC: Established Minimum Required Performance Limits (MRPLs) for residues of certain veterinary medicines not permitted to be used in the EU but which may present in imported food
Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006: Established maximum levels for contaminants in food
Regulation (EC) No 470/2009: Established procedures for the setting of Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for veterinary medicines in food
Regulation (EU) No 37/2010: Established a list of MRLs for permitted substances